Clothes-pin.



R. H. GWINNER.

CLOTHES PIN. APPLICATTON FILED SEPT. 19. I911.

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RUSSELL HENRY G-WINNER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

CLOTHES-PIN.

Application filed September 19, 19 17.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUSSELL H. GWINNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a Clothes-Pin, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

With this construction the clothes pin may be used to grip the clothes below the clothes line, or if desired, the clothe pin may be employed to press the clothes against the clothes line, either from above or from below.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specification, in which the preferred form of my invention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar reference characters refer to similar parts in all the views, in which Figure 1, 2 and 3 are perspective views showing various ways in which the clothes pin may be used, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the clothes pm.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that the clothes pin has a central portion 5 which is curved outwardly and then inwardly to a point 6, from which parallel arms 7 extend, the said parallel arms being disposed close to each other and in the lon- Specifieation 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

Serial No. 192,078.

gitudinal plane of the central portion 5. At the points 8 between the point 6 and the terminals 9 of the arms 7, the said arms 7 are bent substantially at right angles to the plane of the central portion 5 of the member and the arms 7 from the point 6 to the points 8. The terminals 9 of the arms diverge as illustrated in the drawing.

When using the clothes pin the diverging terminals 9 are disposed at the sides of the clothing 10 which is supported on the clothes line 11 and the clothes pin is pressed downwardly and is turned until the clothes pin assumes the position illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, or if desired, the clothes pin may be moved to the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, or the position illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In a clothes pin, a member having a looped portion and parallel arms extending therefrom, the arms being angular with the apex of the angle intermediate the looped portion and the other ends of the arms, and the arms extending in substantially straight planes from the said apex to the looped portion and to the said other ends of the arms.

RUSSELL HENRY GWINNER.

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